I have a new video tutorial up - Its on Dupliverts. If 1 = newbie and 5 = expert I would rate this tutorial suitable for people in the 1.5-2.0 range. It also explains how the track buttons work. Its about 50Mb and approx. 20min. in length.
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http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/mytut/duplivert.avi
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Mirror thanks to Chimera (“save as” the following link)
http://www.blender3d.ch/pluschke/duplivert.avi
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Mirror thanks to MacBlender (do a “save as”)
http://futurex-graphics.com/Blender/Video/duplivert.avi
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Enjoy,
GreyBeard